Tactic
Retain existing vegetation
Options
...by specifying trees that minimize the need for pruning.
...by not removing mature trees in good health.
Case Study
UC Santa Cruz sought to expand Kresge College as the campus accommodates a significant increase in student population. In designing the 8-acre master plan, Studio Gang nestled the new buildings into the coast redwood forest and curved the buildings around significant groves. The project preserves as many healthy trees as possible, only requiring the removal of existing trees in the footprints of proposed new buildings.
